ภู่(pôo)

Meanings

1NounB2

carpenter bee

a carpenter bee (often used as a shortened form of แมลงภู่แมลงภู่má-laeng pôo1carpenter bee (genus Xylocopa)2bumblebee (colloquial/misapplied))

Examples

ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)ตกใจdtòk jaiตกใจdtòk jaibe startled; be frightenedเมื่อmêuuaเมื่อmêuua1when; at the time that2when (past time marker)เห็นhĕnเห็นhĕn1[to] see2[to] notice; [to] realize; [to] find (that)3[to] think; [to] be of the opinion4[to] consider; [to] regard asภู่pôoภู่pôo1carpenter bee2tassel; tuftตัวใหญ่dtuua yàiตัวใหญ่dtuua yài1big; large-bodied2large letters; uppercase (colloq.)บินbinบินbin1[to] fly2[to] fly (by air travel)เข้ามาkâo maaเข้ามาkâo maa1to come in; enter (toward the speaker)2to join/enter into (activity, group, context)3directional complement ‘in/toward here’ในบ้านnai bâanในบ้านnai bâan1indoors; inside the house2domestic; at-home (modifier)
I was startled when I saw a large carpenter bee fly into the house.
2NounC1

tassel; tuft

a tassel, tuft, or small cluster of threads (often used as a variant of พู่พู่pôo1tassel; pom-pom2tuft; plume; crest3plant tassel (e.g., corn)4classifier for tassels/tufts)

Examples

เขาkăoเขาkăo1he; him2she; her3they; them (context-dependent)4horn5mountain; hillซื้อséuซื้อséu1[to] buy; purchase2[to] bribe; buy offพวงกุญแจpuuang gun-jaaeพวงกุญแจpuuang gun-jaae1key ring; keychain2keychain charm/fob3a set of keys (on a ring)ที่têeที่têe1place; spot; seat; space2that/which/who (relative marker)3at; in; to (before place/recipient)4when; the time that (time marker)5ordinal/degree marker6classifier: place/seat/slotมีmeeมีmee1[to] have; possess2there is/are; exist3[to] experience; undergoภู่pôoภู่pôo1carpenter bee2tassel; tuftสีแดงsĕe daengสีแดงsĕe daeng1the color red2red; red-coloredห้อยhôiห้อยhôi1[to] hang; dangle; suspend2hanging; droopingอยู่yòoอยู่yòo1to be (located); be at2progressive/continuative marker3[to] live; reside; stay4to exist; remainมาmaaมาmaa1[to] come; arrive2come to (result/state)3past/as of now aspect markerฝากfàakฝากfàak1[to] leave/entrust [sth] with [sb]2[to] send via [sb]; send along3[to] lodge; place (an order/request)4be left; be entrusted (passive/resultative)5[to] deposit [money]ฉันchănฉันchăn1I; me (1st person pronoun)2[to] eat (polite/old-fashioned)
He bought me a keychain with a red tassel hanging from it.